#BBB44B#BBB44B

#BBB44B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.127 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB44B
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 75)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 59.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -10.86, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 54.19, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0337 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.127 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0860, 43.7166, 13.0872)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB44B #4B52BB

analogous

#BB7C4B #BBB44B #8ABB4B

triadic

#BBB44B #4BBBB4 #B44BBB

tetradic

#BBB44B #4BBB7C #4B52BB #BB4B8A

square

#BBB44B #4BBB7C #4B52BB #BB4B8A

split-complementary

#BBB44B #4B8ABB #7C4BBB

monochromatic

#656126 #928C37 #BBB44B #CCC777 #DDD9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BBB44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB44B

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB44B	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.127 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca81',
    500: '#bbb44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb44b;
$custom-light: #d2ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75521,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB44B

secondary

#989BCA

accent

#5BD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB44B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →